U17 National Team, coached by Mehmet Hacıoğlu, drew1-1 against FYROM in their first match of 2011-12 UEFA European U17 Championship First Qualifying Round Group 3 which is held in Strumica, FYROM. The match was played in Kukus Stadium and Turkey's goal came from Atabey Çiçek (Min. 8) while, FYROM hit the target by İbrahim Aydın's own goal (Min. 25). Besides, Jordancho Naumoski from FYROM was sent-off on 64th minute.

In the day's other match of the group, Scotland beat San Marino 3-0.

U18s will face San Marino in their second match of the group on 26 October 2011 Wednesday at 15.00 with Turkish local time.

Stadium: Kukus
Referees: Sven Bindels (Luxembourg) Roland Flenghi (Luxembourg), Johannes Vogel (Switzerland), Alain Bieri (Switzerland)
Turkey: Murat Demir, İbrahim Aydın, Ümit Karaal, Onur Yılmaz, Özgür Özdemir, Yavuz Koç, Taylan Antalyalı, Atabey Çiçek, Çağrı Gülcü (Min. 41 Ali Çelik), Emre Taşdemir (Min. 43 Hasan Karakaş), Burhan Yıldız (Min. 62 Nuri Aydın).
FYROM: Dejan Iliev, Enis Saiti (Min. 36 Kire Markoski) (Min. 54 Muhamed Ziberi), Stefan Trajkovic, Bojan Spirkoski (Min. 52 Filip Zlatanov), Gjoko Zajkov, Mentor Sulejmani, Demir Imeri, Darko Velkoski, Dorian Babunski, Daniel Avramovski, Jordancho Naumoski.
Goals: Min. 9 Atabey Çiçek (Turkey), Min. 25 İbrahim Aydın (OG) (FYROM)
Red Card: Min. 64 Jordancho Naumoski (FYROM)
Yellow Card: Min. 45 Atabey Çiçek, Min. 69 Taylan Antalyalı (Turkey), Min. 40+1 Jordancho Naumoski, Min. 77 Demir Imeri (FYROM)

The 52 countries in the first qualifying round have been split into 13 groups of four, to be played as single-venue mini-tournaments in autumn 2011. The top two in each group plus the two third-placed teams with the best record against the leading pair in their pool progress to the elite round in spring 2012. In Elite Round, 28 teams are drawn into 7 groups of four teams and the seven group winners in that round will progress to the finals with the joining hosts Slovenia in the finals in May 2012.

U17s squad for of 2011-12 UEFA European U17 Championship First Qualifying Round Group 3 matches consists the players listed at the below:

Player	Club
Ümit KARAAL	Beşiktaş A.Ş.
Okan KOCUK	Bursaspor
Batıcan ADAY	Bursaspor
Nuri Fatih AYDIN	Eskişehirspor
İbrahim Serdar AYDIN	Fenerbahçe A.Ş.
Atabey ÇİÇEK	Gençlerbirliği
Murat DEMİR	Manisaspor
Emre TAŞDEMİR	MKE Ankaragücü
Taylan ANTALYALI	Bucaspor
Hasan KARAKAŞ	Bucaspor
Melih Can YAĞCI	Bucaspor
Onur YILMAZ	Bucaspor
Turhan Alper TURGUT	Adanaspor A.Ş
Çağrı GÜLCÜ	Altay
Yavuz KOÇ	Beypazarı Şekerspor
Burhan YILDIZ	İstanbulspor A.Ş.
Özgür ÖZDEMİR	Eintracht Frankfurt
Ali ÇELİK	Borussia Mönchengladbach

2011-12 UEFA European U17 Championship First Qualifying Round Group 3 Standings & Schedules:

Teams	Pld	W	D	L	F	A	Pts
1. Scotland	1	1	0	0	3	0	3
2. Turkey	1	0	1	0	1	1	1
3. FYROM	1	0	1	0	1	1	1
4. San Marino	1	0	0	1	0	3	0

Date-Kick-Off	Team	Score	Team	Stadium-City
24.10.2011 - 15.00	Scotland	3-0	San Marino	Mladost Stadium - Strumica
24.10.2011 - 15.00	Turkey	1-1	FYROM	Kukus Stadium - Strumica
26.10.2011 - 15.00	Scotland	-	FYROM	Mladost Stadium - Strumica
26.10.2011 - 15.00	San Marino	-	Turkey	Kukus Stadium - Strumica
29.10.2011 - 15.00	Turkey	-	Scotland	Mladost Stadium - Strumica
29.10.2011 - 15.00	FYROM	-	San Marino	Kukus Stadium - Strumica

NOTE: All times are Turkish local time.